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For a long time, when kids asked me where I was from, I'd always give the same answer: "달나라에서 왔어요." ("I'm from the moon.") youtube.com/watch?v=-Ud7ON5E0ncPermalink On twitter.com
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I've wondered for years why it's "달나라," though: 나라 is "country" or "land" (or, I guess, in the old days, "kingdom") so it's kinda like, "I come from the Moon-Land." Which sounds like a fun setting for a cartoon, or a pulp adventure for that matter.On twitter.com
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I wonder, is "-나라" attached to earmark the moon as a place (to and from which travel, however imaginary, is possible), or is there some other reason or source for the usage? I'm honestly curious.Permalink On twitter.com